Is there a Japanese "American Idols"?

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Originally Posted by bulmasman

Anyway i'm taking thise slightly off topic. As for "Idol on Stage" i think it wasn't so much a talent show in the same vein as American Idol, but more a showcase for up and coming stars. Maybe i'm wrong, but that's how it's seemed to me in the past.

Yeah, maybe, or maybe it was one of those shows taking over the spot for gilgamesh drool shows or whatever. I just can't imagine it being a mainstream show?

Curious fact is also that japanes embraced this term because idol = ai-doru in japanese a Love Doll. Should explain a little bit of it.